Vishnutherium
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| Vishnutherium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | †Vishnutherium Lydekker, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| †Vishnutherium iravadicum Lydekker, 1876 | |
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Vishnutherium (Vishnu's beast) is an extinct genus of the Giraffidae during the Miocene epoch. The genus contains two species, the type V. iravadicum from Irrawady, Myanmar and second species V. priscillum from Iran, India and Pakistan.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Solounias, N.; Jukar, A. M. (2023). "A reassessment of some Giraffidae specimens from the Late Miocene faunas of Eurasia". In Casanovas-Vilar, I.; van den Hoek Ostende, L.W.; Janis, C.M.; Saarinen, J. (eds.). Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Cham. pp. 189–200. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_12.
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